Voyager 2, the spacecraft, launched in 1977, is approaching the edge of the solar system, according to a NASA statement.

That announcement Friday is based on two different instruments on board, which in late August began noticing a small uptick in how many cosmic rays—superfast particles pummeling the solar system from outer space—were hitting the spacecraft.

That matches pretty well with what Voyager 1 began experiencing about three months before its own grand departure in 2012, but scientists cannot be sure of the milestone until after it has been passed, Space.com reported.

"We're seeing a change in the environment around Voyager 2, there's no doubt about that," Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone, a physicist at Caltech, said in the statement.

"We're going to learn a lot in the coming months, but we still don't know when we'll reach the heliopause. We're not there yet—that's one thing I can say with confidence."

The team behind Voyager 2 knows that the spacecraft is currently almost 17.7 billion kilometers away from Earth. But it is hard to predict when the spacecraft will actually leave the solar system by passing through what scientists call the heliopause.

The heliopause is the bubble around our solar system formed by the solar wind, the rush of charged particles that constantly streams off the sun. But that solar wind ebbs and flows over the course of the sun's 11-year cycle, which means that the bubble of the solar system itself expands and contracts.

And because Voyager 2 is not following precisely in its predecessor's steps, scientists are not positive that its cosmic exit will result in identical changes to the data that the spacecraft reports. So until Voyager 2 passes through the heliopause, there is no way to be sure precisely where it is with regard to the heliopause.

Whenever it does successfully flee the solar system, Voyager 2 will become just the second human-made object to do so.

The volume of non-oil goods exported from the ports of Hormozgan province of Iran has increased by 24% in the past 8 months, Director of Bandar Lengeh Ports and Maritime Directorate Ghasem Askarinasab said, adding that the ports have also accomplished more successes in other areas.

Mobarakeh Steel Company (MSC), Iran’s largest steel company has produced 5.28 MnT crude steel during the 8 months of current Persian year (21 Mar-21 Nov’18). Crude steel production registered a growth of 12% Y-o-Y against around 4.60 MnT produced by MSC during the same period of last Persian year.

Iran, one of the largest billet exporter in MENA region is currently facing economic sanctions from US, owing to which the steel export has affected badly. Iran has exported 1,806,000 MT billet and bloom during the first seven months of current Persian year (21-Mar till 22-Oct’18).

Iran, one of the largest steelmaker in MENA has witnessed a sharp fall in graphite electrode imports. The nation, primarily produce steel through EAF, has imported 3,380 MT GE in Oct’18, registered a downfall of 60% M-o-M against 7,900 MT imported in Sep’18.

According to IMIDRO, Azerbayjani steel has bagged CE certification from Europe in order to export manufactured products to other countries, as well as to promote the brand and create an additional competitive advantage in the steel sector of the country.

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